Tracing Rainbows

Me neither, until our recent visit to Axminster. We discovered that higgler  is an archaic English word** for an itinerant pedlar of incon...

Carlton Reid is a historian and bike enthusiast [altho I think with a splendid name like that, he sounds like he should have been directing ...

Have you come across Kumihimo? It's yet another Japanese craft. I mastered Kusudama [paper flowers]  few years ago, but this was a new...

My thoughts and prayers today are with all those affected by this weekend's cyber attack on healthcare systems - not just the NHS here...

It  has been Dorset Residents' Week  so we used our 2-fr-1 voucher to visit the Wimborne Model Town . It's gorgeous! Seventy years...

On Tuesday,among other activities, we did a cycl e ride to the Library.  Here are the five volumes I borrowed. Val McDermid "The Ske...

  When we visited Sicily last year, one thing Bob was determined to do was eat arancini  - the traditional local dish, made from leftover ...

Last week we visited another National Trust Property - Loughwood Meeting House , just outside Axminster. This is one of the oldest Baptist C...

Yesterday was a good day [mostly] First thing, Liz messaged me to say Rosie had a temperature and was going to stay home from Nursery [there...

What do you give someone for a birthday present knowing  they collect bandannas ? Answer - a bandanna duvet cover. And if you cannot find on...

In the past few months, one of my friends has become a kidney donor. She does not know who received it, and she seems to be managing very we...

This week has seen me getting a bit 'ranty' about other people who are claiming to show me how to 'save' money. Admittedly I...

I was thinking about what to cook for this week's Alpha Supper when I came across Anna Jones' recipe for a Toddler Friendly Tagin...